Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
Published on 6. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
222 pages
978-1-85399-517-0 (ISBN)
Description
This edition of "Manon Lescaut" incorporates an English introduction and footnotes. It assesses the persuasiveness of the self-justifying narrative which lies at the heart of the book, and on interpreting the motivation of the main characters whose tragic love-affair the novel charts.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
French
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-517-0 (9781853995170)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Abbe Prevost
Content
Introduction
Life and times
Background to the novel
Seeing through the recit (1): Manon
Seeing through the recit (2): Des Grieux
Commonsense and the novel
Structure and style
A novel of emotional reactions
Notes to the Introduction
Select Bibliography
Note on the Text
MANON LESCAUT
Textual Notes